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| Exit Polls: What You Should Know 2006 |
| 2006-11-07 |
| by Mark Blumenthal, Pollster.com Yes, the television networks will be conducting exit polls today. But if you are looking for the leaked exit poll estimates that typically appear online on Election Day, you are probably out of luck at least until later tonight. More on that below. But as long as you are here, let me tell you a little bit about how exit polls are conducted, how they will be different this year, and why it is probably best to try to ignore the exit poll estimates that will inevitably leak later tonight. . . . Go read it all; there's lots of good information in here on the mechanics of polling. Instapundit adds: My prediction: If they're bad for the GOP they'll leak early. If they're good for the GOP, they won't. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 Oops! propaganda, like a male goose.... my bad. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-11-07 16:18 |
| #2 I don't believe any polls. There are too many people with agendas gathering the data, so their results are tainted. We care about the results. If we want to do a post mortem, we can look at the demographics and the precincts and slap a study on it. The rest is fluff and time filling for |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-11-07 16:17 |
| #1 I don't get too excited about any exit poll data much before 9PM. They tend to get info from folks before 3PM and report it as "the majority". Unfortunately most folks who actually have jobs and care how their tax money is spent don't vote until after work. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2006-11-07 11:39 |